Considering application to RN program at Humber

Hi All,

I have been hemming and hawing for years over what I want to be when I grow up. Now that I'm about to turn 30, I guess it's time to **** or get off the pot so to speak I have toyed with the idea of nursing or something in a medical field for years and have just about made the decision to apply for the fall 2012 intake.

Here's the issue. I have an old school OSSD, the one where we still had OAC instead of the current University or College track courses. My OAC year average was 81.33% (yes, I totally pulled it out to calculate), however, I did not do either Chem or Bio in OAC and only did Chem in Grade 12. I'm worried that this could really hurt me.

Further, I then decided to follow everyone else over to University and after throwing 2 years of tuition down the drain realized it just wasn't for me. If the course material didn't appeal to me I couldn't force myself to go to class let alone study. I think I might have 2-3 credits that might be transferrable, including Environmental Science or something like that. It has been about 8-9 years since I've been in a classroom but from everything I can find my University transcript needs to be part of my application. If that's the case, I don't like my odds. Does anyone have any suggestions to increase my chances for getting accepted?

I am currently working as a Senior Medical Case Manager in Travel Insurance. Basically, I'm reading med reports, calling docs for med reports and talking to patients all day to manage their travel benefits. It's strictly ambulatory cases, mostly fractures, back pain and ear infections but we get the odd wonky file. I work surrounded by our RN team who work on the inpatients but often use the Senior team for assistance. I like to think this gives me a bit of a leg up, but who knows?

I am working full time but would absolutely consider taking on a course or two ahead of admission if that increases my "likeability" on paper. However, I communicated with a Humber rep today who was somewhat discouraging and seemed to indicate that even their own Continuing Education courses would not be beneficial. I'm somewhat at a loss, I really want to go foreward and will likely apply as soon as applications are available in the spring. It sort of sounds like the reek of entitlement, but when I applied to University, I got in to every one I applied to. This time, I actually care about what I'm doing and want to put my best foot foreward.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Michelle